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Elijah Walton Harper 1824–1911 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Apr 1824

Birth Location: Columbia City, Gibson, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 31 Mar 1911

Death Location: Oakland City, Gibson, Indiana, USA

Father: Adam Harper

Mother: Catherine Bell

Spouse(s): Mary Rodman

Children(s): Margaret Harper, John Harper, Elijah Harper, Mary Harper, William Harper, Nancy Harper, James Harper

Elijah Walton Harper was born in 1824 in Columbia City, Gibson, Indiana, USA, the child of Adam Brown Harper And Catherine Bell. Elijah Walton Harper married Mary Jane Rodman, and had children including Elijah Louis Harper, James Lincoln Harper, John Quincy Adams Harper, Margaret Kathryne Harper, Mary Alice Harper, Nancy R Harper, William Alexander Harper. Elijah Walton Harper passed away in 1911 in Oakland City, Gibson, Indiana, USA.

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Biography

  • Elijah Walton Harper was born in 1824 in Columbia City, Gibson, Indiana, USA, the child of Adam Brown Harper And Catherine Bell.
  • Elijah Walton Harper married Mary Jane Rodman, and had children including Elijah Louis Harper, James Lincoln Harper, John Quincy Adams Harper, Margaret Kathryne Harper, Mary Alice Harper, Nancy R Harper, William Alexander Harper.
  • Elijah Walton Harper passed away in 1911 in Oakland City, Gibson, Indiana, USA.

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Elijah Harper's Ancestors

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Elijah Harper
1824–1911
Birth Place: Columbia City, Gibson, Indiana, USA
Parents
Adam Brown Harper
1776–1855
Chester, South Carolina, United States
Catherine Bell
1788–1859
South Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Robert (Harper) Jr
1755–1829
Harpers Ferry, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States
Margaret Brown
1755–1841
Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Walter Brown
1737–1826
Margaret McQuiston
1730–1785
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Brown
1713–
Dora Owen
1716–

Elijah Harper's Descendants

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Elijah (Walton) Harper (17 Apr 1824–31 Mar 1911) m. Mary (Jane) Rodman (22 April 1822–07 April 1902)
  1. 1. Margaret (Kathryne) Harper 1849–1917 m. George (Samuel) Burton 1846–1913
    1. 1. Mary (Belle) Burton 1882–1966
    2. 2. George (Harper) Burton 1884–1956
    3. 3. Nancy (Floy) Burton 1887–1919
  2. 2. John (Quincy Adams) Harper 1853–1929 m. Alice (Allie Louise) Richardson 1866–1944
    1. 1. Elijah (Louis) Harper 1898–1988
    2. 2. Dennis (Cloyd) Harper 1883–1948
    3. 3. Wilbur (Curtis) Harper 1886–1952
    4. 4. Harry (Hargrave) Harper 1893–1976
    5. 5. Willard (Burtis Harper) Sr 1886–1941
    6. 6. Arthur Harper 1887–
  3. 3. Elijah (Louis) Harper 1860–1881
  4. 4. Mary (Alice) Harper 1858–1884
  5. 5. William (Alexander) Harper 1846–1916 m. Mary (Ellen) Williams 1856–1953
    1. 1. Elmer (Elwood) Harper 1881–1973
    2. 2. Dorr (Lannis) Harper 1883–1976
    3. 3. Howard (Henry) Harper 1886–1951
    4. 4. Mary (Ethel) Harper 1894–1976
  6. 6. Nancy (R) Harper 1851–1918
  7. 7. James (Lincoln) Harper 1864–1930 m. Nellie (Clyde) Onyett 1872–1948
    1. 1. Francis (Onyet) Harper 1913–1913

Elijah Harper's Timeline

2 Records

1824
17 Apr 1824
Birth of Elijah Walton Harper in Columbia City, Gibson, Indiana, USA
Columbia City, Gibson, Indiana, USA
1911
31 Mar 1911
Age 87
Death of Elijah Walton Harper in Oakland City, Gibson, Indiana, USA
Oakland City, Gibson, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1824
    Event Place: Columbia City, Gibson, Indiana, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1911
    Event Place: Oakland City, Gibson, Indiana, USA

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